08-27-24
Top Hits
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (Blu-ray, Sci-FI; Dir: Wes Ball; Starring: Owen Teague, Freya Allan, Kevin Durand)
“Carving out a new era for The Planet of the Apes with lovable characters and rich visuals, Kingdom doesn't take the crown as best of the franchise but handily justifies its continued reign.” Read more…
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Back Catalog
The Garfield Movie (DVD, Family; Dir: Mark Dindal; Starring: Chris Pratt, Samuel L. Jackson, Hannah Waddingham)
“Garfield, the world-famous, Monday-hating, lasagna-loving indoor cat, is about to have a wild outdoor adventure! After an unexpected reunion with his long-lost father – scruffy street cat Vic – Garfield and his canine friend Odie are forced from their perfectly pampered life into joining Vic in a hilarious, high-stakes heist.” Read more…
The Watchers (DVD, Horror; Dir: Ishana Shyamalan; Starring: Dakota Fanning, Georgina Campbell, Olwen Fouéré)
“A young artist gets stranded in an extensive, immaculate forest in western Ireland, where, after finding shelter, she becomes trapped alongside three strangers, stalked by mysterious creatures each night.” Read more…
The Blue Lamp (DVD, 1950, U.K.; Dir: Basil Dearden; Starring: Jack Warner, Dirk Bogarde, Jimmy Hanley)
“P.C. George Dixon is a long-serving traditional copper who is due to retire shortly. He takes a new recruit under his aegis and introduces him to the easy-going night beat. Dixon is a classic ordinary hero but also anachronistic, unprepared and unable to answer the violence of the 1950s.” Read more…
Tiger Stripes (DVD, 2023, Malaysia; Dir: Amanda Nell Eu; Starring: Zafreen Zairizal, Deena Ezral, Piqa)
“Twelve year old Zaffan lives in a small rural community in Malaysia. In full puberty, she realizes that her body is changing at an alarming rate. Her friends turn away from her when a mass hysteria hits the school. Fear spreads and a doctor intervenes to chase away the demon that haunts the girls. Like a tiger harassed and dislodged from its habitat, Zaffan decides to reveal its true nature, its fury, its rage and its beauty.” Read more…
Come Live with Me (DVD, 1941; Dir: Clarence Brown; Starring: James Stewart, Hedy Lamarr, Ian Hunter)
“Seeking US citizenship, a Viennese refugee arranges a marriage of convenience with a struggling writer.” Read more…
Ride (DVD, Crime; Dir: Jake Allyn; Starring: C. Thomas Howell, Annabeth Gish, Jake Allyn)
“Three generations of bull riders fight to raise money to transfer the family's young daughter to a better cancer hospital. Set in Stephenville TX, Ride explores rodeo, addiction in the Heartland, and the cowboy's place in modern America.” Read more…
Treasure (DVD, Comedy; Dir: Julia von Heinz; Starring: Lena Dunham, Stephen Fry, André Hennicke)
“A music journalist accompanies her father, a charmingly stubborn Holocaust survivor, on a journey to his homeland. While she’s eager to make sense of her family’s past, her dad has an agenda of his own.” Read more…
You’ll Never Find Me (Blu-ray, Horror; Dir: Josiah Allen/Indianna Bell; Starring: Brendan Rock, Jordan Cowan, Elena Carapetis)
“Patrick, a strange and lonely resident, lives in a mobile home at the back of an isolated trailer park. After a violent storm, a mysterious young woman appears at his door seeking shelter from the elements.” Read more…
High Crime (DVD, 1973, Italy; Dir: Enzo G. Castellari; Starring: Franco Nero, Fernando Rey, James Whitmore)
“An Italian police inspector matches wits with a powerful European drug ring. As he comes closer to the top of the underworld organization, his odds of survival decrease.” Read more…
Kill Me Again (Blu-ray, 1989; Dir: John Dahl; Starring: Val Kilmer, Joanne Whalley, Pat Mulligan)
“After Faye and her psychotic boyfriend, Vince, successfully rob a mob courier, Faye decides to abscond with the loot. She heads to Reno, where she hires feckless private investigator Jack Andrews to help fake her death. He pulls the scheme off and sets up Faye with a new identity, only to have her skip out on him without paying. Jack follows her to Vegas and learns he’s not the only one after her. Vince has discovered that she’s still alive.” Read more…
Not A Pretty Picture (DVD, 1976; Dir: Martha Coolidge; Starring: Reed Birney, James Carrington, John Fedinatz)
“Mixing narrative and documentary, the film retells a 16 year old girl’s experience of a date rape.” Read more…
New Series
The Sixth Sense (Blu-ray, 1999; Dir: M. Night Shyamalan; Starring: Bruce Willis, Haley Joel Osment, Toni Collette)
“Following an unexpected tragedy, child psychologist Malcolm Crowe meets a nine year old boy named Cole Sear, who is hiding a dark secret.” Read more…
Queendom (DVD, 2023; Dir: Agniia Galdanova)
“In defiance of Russia’s anti-LGBTQ laws, a queer, 21-year-old artist risks her life performing in surreal costumes throughout Moscow. Jenna Marvin’s radical public performances blend artistry and activism in this SXSW documentary.” Read more…
Squirm (Blu-ray, 1976; Dir: Jeff Lieberman; Starring: Don Scardino, Patricia Pearcy, R. A. Dow)
“A violent electrical storm topples power lines into the rain soaked earth that is home for an aggressive breed of worms. The high voltage causes the worms to mutate into larger, hostile hordes of man-eating worms that lie in wait for the residents of Fly Creek.” Read more…
Blue Lights (DVD; Starring: Nathan Braniff, Sian Brooke, Katherine Devlin)
“Follows rookie police officers working in Belfast, a city in which being a frontline response cop comes with unique pressures and dangers.” Read more…
New Docs
Indigo Girls: It’s Only Life After All (DVD, 2023; Dir: Alexandria Bombach)
“An intimate look into the lives of one of the most iconic folk-rock bands in America - the Indigo Girls. With never-before-seen archival and intimate vérité the film dives into the songwriting and storytelling of the music that transformed a generation.” Read more…
New Cult
Lifeforce (Blu-ray/DVD, 1985; Dir: Tobe Hooper; Starring: Steve Railsback, Mathilda May, Peter Firth)
“A space shuttle mission investigating Halley’s Comet brings back a malevolent race of space vampires who transform most of London’s population into zombies. The only survivor of the expedition and British authorities attempt to capture a mysterious but beautiful alien woman who appears responsible.” Read more…
